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View synonyms for miscue
miscue
1[ mis-kyoo ]
noun
- Sports. a failure to execute a play, stroke, or maneuver properly; an error.
- Informal. a mistake.
- Informal. to make a mistake.
- Theater. to fail to answer one's cue or to answer another's cue.
verb (used with object)
, mis·cued, mis·cu·ing.
- to give the wrong cue to.
miscue
/ ˌmɪsˈkjuː /
noun
- billiards a faulty stroke in which the cue tip slips off the cue ball or misses it altogether
- informal.a blunder or mistake
verb
- intr billiards to make a miscue
- intr theatre to fail to answer one's own cue or answer the cue of another
- radio to start (a record or tape) at the wrong point
- informal.intr to blunder
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With each miscue the production has been relaunched, each time in the hope that it can dispel the previous bad reviews.
From The Daily Beast
“C.,” who was painfully conscious that he might have made a miscue in the matter of the quotation, answered sharply.
From Project Gutenberg
Who originated this scheme of revising the Bible we do not know, but whoever it was made a miscue.
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It hurts her more than anything to make a miscue on the charitable side.
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You're no inventor, but you're always pretty handy in telling me where I make a miscue in my machines.
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This effort is ruined by an appalling miscue which affects the new cloth.
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